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VENDING MACHINE.

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Patented Aug. 30, 1892.

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UNITE STATES ALFRED B. CHANDLER AND GUY H. POWELL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AS- SIGNORS OF ONEfl'I-IIRD TO C. T. CHANDLER, JR., OF SAME PLACE.

VENDING-IVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,689, dated August 30, 1892.

Application filed FebruarylQ, 1892. Serial No. 422,090. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that We, ALFRED B. CHAND- LER and GUY H. POWELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

Our invention relates to vending-machines, and more particularly to that class employing a coin-actuated mechanism in which the unlocking and actuationv of the vending mechanism is effected through the medium of a coin deposited therein.

Our invention is especially designed for vending newspapers and the like; and it has for its object to provide a device of this nature which will be effectual and simple cf construction and adapted to contain a large number of papers to be vended in a compact and convenient form.

IWith these ends in view our invention consists in certain features of novelty in the construction, combination, and arrangement' of parts hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the said drawings, Figure l is a vertical transverse section of the preferred form of our invention, taken on the line 1 l, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section thereof, taken on the line 2 2, Fig. l, passing through the center of the magazine and delivery-chute. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the coin-actuated mechanism on an enlarged scale, showing the position of the parts when the coin is lirst dropped into the coin chute or slot. Fig. 4 is a similar View showing the manner of unlocking and actuating the mechanism through the medium of the coin. Fig. 5 is a rear side elevation of the coin chute or slot, showing the position of the coin before the mechanism has been unlocked. Fig. 6 is an end View of such coin chute or slot, looking toward its discharge end.. Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section of a modified form, in which the papers to be vended are stored in the delivery-cylinder instead of in a separate magazine, the sections being taken on the line 7 7, Fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken on the line 8 8, Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is a modified form of coin-actuated mechanism, showing the position of the parts before such mechanism has been released or unlocked. Fig. l0 is a similar view showing the position of the parts after the mechanism has been unlocked, the coin-chute and main actuating-lever being omitted; and Fig. Il is a detail view of a modified form of latch or locking mechanism.

In the drawings, wherein like signs of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, l is an upright magazine or receptacle constructed of any suitable material and being of such a height as to contain a large number of papers to be vended when rolled into cylindrical forms. This receptacle is preferably provided at its upper end with a hinged cover or door 2, and is of such dimensions as to hold the papers therein, one upon the other, in a single row or line, as more clearly represented in Fig. 1, in order that such papers will not jam therein and will be free to descend as soon as the bottom paper is removed.

The magazine l is provided at its lower end with a casing 3, which communicates with the magazine through its upper side andin which is journaled a delivery-cylinder 4, having formed therein a pocket or cavity 5, which is sufficiently large to receive one of the papers, so that when such pocket is coincident with the lower end of the magazine the lowermost paper will drop thereinto, and when the cylinder is turned in the direction of the arrow a blind portion 6 of such cylinder' will turn under and close the lower end of the magazine l, and at the same time the paper contained in the pocket 5 will be dumped out into adelivery-chute 7 of any suitable construction formed at the lower side of the casing 3; and when the movement of such delivery-cylinder 3 is reversed or continued sufficiently far in the same direction the empty pocket 5 will again coincide with the lower end of the magazine and the lower-most paper will drop therein. This delivery-cylinder 4 may be provided at one end with any suitable and convenient journal mounted in any suitable bearing formed in the casing or elsewhere; but at its other end it is preferably provided with a plate or disk 8, suitably secured to the end IOO of the cylinder by means of4 screws or otherwise and having a shaft or journal 9, whose outer end is suitably mounted in the side of the casing, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2, The side of the casing at this end of the cylinder is provided with an offset 10, forming a recess or box 11, which is preferably partitioned off at its inner side from the magazine 1 by means of a plate 12, which tits around the upper side of the delivery-cylinder. Formed upon or suitably secured to the journal 9 within this recess 11 is a pinion or spur wheel 13, which, as more clearly shown in Figs.- 3 and 4, is engaged by a toothed lever 14, pivoted at 15, to the side of the casing. The end of this lever is formed on the arc of a circle and provided with a number of teeth 16,which are complementary to and engage with the teeth of the spur 13, and the segment-rack thus formed is of suiiicient length to cause the delivery-cylinder 4 to turn from the position shown in Fig. 1, with its pocket coincident with the lower end of the magazine, to a position in which such pocket will register with the delivery-chute 7. The other end 17 of this lever 14 is provided with a notch 18, in which engages a latch or catch 19 when such lever is in its normal position, holding the pocket of the delivery-cylinder coincident with the lower end of the magazine. This latch 19 is provided with a stem 20, which is held by and adapted to slide in a box or guideway 21, suitably secured to or formed on the end ot' the casing or other fixed portion ot' the apparatus, and the latch is impelled toward the lever 14 by means of a suitable spring 22, so that when the end 17 of such lever rises a beveled portion 23, formed thereon just above the notch, will engage the end of the latch 19 and force it backward against the action of the spring 22 until the notch has risen suiciently far to receive the end of the latch.

The lever 14 is provided on the upper side of its end 17 with a rounded or beveledledge` or shoulder 24, and the latch 19 is provided on one side with an upright flange or shoulder 25, which shoulders 24 25, when the parts are in their normal positions, are adapted and arranged to be inipinged by the edge ot' the coin 26 and to retain the latter in the position shown in Fig. 3 until the requisite pressure has been applied to such coin for compressing the spring 22 and disengaging the latch 19 from the lever 14, the upper end of the iiange 25 being slightly inclined toward the coin-chute, so as to better direct the coin in its downward movement.

The coin chute or slot 27 (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3) is so mounted on blocks 28 as; to be in the same vertical plane with the@y shoulders 24 25, and it is provided on its outer l side with a depending guard or shield 29,` which partially covers the latch 19 and the;1 end of the lever 14, upon which the shoulderi 24 is formed, so as to hold the coin on edge while it is in engagement Wit-h the shoulders 24 25, and for the same reason the latch 19 is provided with the broad dat portion 30, which holds the edge of the coin in proper position after it has passed the lower end 31 of the inner side of the chute 27, which side of the chute is shortened to permit the downward movement of the plunger 32.

The plunger 32 is provided at its lower end with a shoe 33, which is inclined or beveled, as shown, and which is adapted when such plunger is depressed to impinge the edge of the coin and by reason of such beveled end force the coin firmly against the shoulder or fiange 25, and thereby disengage the latch 19 from the notch 18, whereupon the furtherdownward movement of such plunger will cause the coin to depress the end17 of the lever 14, as shown in Fig. 4, and thereby permit the coin to be discharged into any suitable receptacle below, and at the same time cause the segment-rack of the lever 14 to turn the delivery-cylinder until its pocket is brought into coincidence with the deliverychute 7, the downward movement of the lever 14 being preferably limited by means of any suitable stop, such as 34, and the inward movement of the latch 19 being limited by a similar stop 34a, so as to prevent the spring 22 from throwing the stem 20 out of its socket or guideway 21 or placing the end of the latch too far over the lever 14 to enter the notch therein. As soon as the coin slips from between the shoulders 24 25 the lever 14, and consequently the cylinder 4, will be returned to their normal positions (illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3) by means of a suitable spring 35, secured to any iiXed portion of the device and bearing against the lever 14, so as to oppose the movement of said lever through the medium of the coin.

The plunger 32 may be operated in any suitable manner by means of a suitable handle or connection extending to the outside of the casing; but I prefer to accomplish the movement of this plunger by means of a simple lever 3G, passing through a slot 37 in the offset 10 and being provided at its outer end with anysuitable handle Within reach of the operator, while at its inner end it is suitably pivoted to the casing at 38 and connected at a short distance from such pivot 38 -to the plunger 32, preferablyby means of a link 39. The lever 3G may be returned to its normal elevated position, together with the plunger, by means of any convenient form of spring, such as 40.

The chamber 11, if desired, may be provided with any suitable coin-receptacle 41, located at or near the lower end of the coin-chute 27, and being hinged at 42 to the bottom of the chamber 11 and provided with any suitable fastening device or lock 43.

In a modified form of our invention illustrated in Figs. 7 to 11, inclusive, we do away with the magazine 1, before described, and provide the delivery-cylinder itself with a number ot' pockets, which are preferably so constructed and arranged that the papers to IOO be vended may be folded into iat packages in the ordinary way and placed therein through a suitable door or cover 45, hinged, preferably, to the upper side of the cylindrical casing 46, which surrounds the cylinder. ln this form of the invention it is of course desirable that the cylinder should be turned in one direction, so as to bring the pockets 44 successively opposite and coincident with the discharge-chute 47, formed in the lower side of the casing 4G; and to this end we provide the journal 9 of the delivery-cylinder with a spur-wheel 48, which, unlike the spur-Wheel 13 in the form before described, is in the form of a ratchet, and instead of providing the lever 14 with a number of teeth arranged on the arc of a circle we provide the end of such lever with a spring-pawl 49,which is adapted to engage the ratchet-teeth of the spur-wheel 48 and rotate such wheel when the lever 14 is oscillated in one direction, but to slip over the teeth of such wheel 48 without affecting the latter when the lever is oscillated in the opposite direction, and in order that the delivery-cylinder may be rotatedthe distance of one pocket only during each operation of the machine we provide the journal 9 with anotched wheel or disk 50,located,preferably, behind the spur-wheel 48 and being secured either to such wheel or to the journal 9 and adapted to be engaged and locked against rotation by means of a latch, whose end 51 is complementaryin shape to the notches in the wheel or disk 50. This latch preferably consists of a bar 52, secured at one end to tne plate 30 and being guided at its other end so as to reciprocate in a straight line by means of the pin or screw 15, which also constitutes the pivot of the lever 15 and which passes through a slot 53, formed in the bar 52. It is very obvious, however, that such .bar 52 might be a continuation of the stem 2O or formed integrally with the plate 30. Thus it will be seen that when the coin is deposited and the lever 36 depressed, as before described, the first action of the coin will be to Withdraw the end 51 of the latch from engagement with the wheel 50, and then cause the lever 14 to oscillate on its pivot, as shown in Fig. 10, and cause a partial rotation of the delivery-cylinder through the medium of the spring-pawl 49 and spur-wheel 48; but as soon as the flange or shoulder 25 is disengaged by the coin the spring 22 will immediately force the end 51 of the latch into engagement with the next notch in the wheel 50 and lock the cylinder from further turning in either direction until another coin is deposited andthe parts again actuated in the manner described. It is of course, desirable that in each instance whether the papers be rolled into cylindrical form or folded in iiat form, as shown in Fig. 7, each should be surrounded or held by some suitable wrapper or band 54.

It is of course very obvious that instead of the blade-spring 35, employed for returning the lever 14 and delivery-cylinder 4 to their normal positions, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, a common coil-spring might be secured d1- rectly to journal 9 and to any fixed portion of the casing, and would accomplish the same result, inasmuch as the upwarl movement of the segment rack on the lever 14 is limited by means of the stop 34 and its downward movement by the stop 55, and the retu rn movement of the journal 9 would produce asimilar movement of the lever 14.

Having thus described oui` invention, what We claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the journal 9 and the lever for turning said journal, of the latchl for preventing said journal from turning, means for lodging a coin against said lever and latch, and means for operating said latch and lever through the medium of the coin, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the casing having a discharge opening or chute, of a cylinder journaled in said casing having` a pocket adapted to coincide with said discharge-opening, a lever for turning said cylinder, a latch for locking said cylinder, a coin-chute adapted to lodge a coin upon said lever and against said latch, and a plunger adapted to impinge the coin, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the casing having a discharge-opening or delivery-chute, of a cylinder journaled in said casing having a pocket adapted to coincide with said discharge opening or chute, a spur-wheel on said cylinder, a toothed lever adapted to engage said wheel for turning said cylinder, a latch for locking said cylinder, a coin-chute adapted to lodge a coin upon said lever and against said latch, and a plunger adapted to impinge the coin, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the casing having a discharge chute or opening, of a cylinderjournaled in said casing, having a pocket adapted to coincide with said discharge opening or chute, a pivoted lever for turning said cylinder, a latch for locking said cylinder, a coin-chute adapted to lodge a coin upon said lever and against said latch, a plunger adapted to impinge said coin, a lever for actuating said plunger, and springs for returning said levers to their normal positions, substantially as set fort-h.

5. The combination of the journal 9, having a spur-wheel thereon, a toothed lever for rotating said spur-wheel,a latch for preventing said journal from turning,havinga shoulder or flange, a coin-chute adapted to lodge a coin against said liange and lever, and a plunger adapted to iinpinge said coin, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of the journal 9, having a spur-wheel thereon, a toothed lever for turning said spur-wheel, a sliding latch for preventing said journal from turning, having a flange or shoulder formed thereon, aguideway for said latch, a coin-chute adapted to lodre a coin against such flange and lever O D b ICO IIO

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and a plunger adapted to impinge said coin, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination of the journal 9, having a spur-Wl1eel thereon, a toothed lever for turning said spur-Wheel, having a rounded 0r beveled end, a latch for preventing said spur-Wheel from turning, having a shoulder formed thereon, a coin-chute having a shield or projection overlapping said latch and lever adapted to lodge a coin upon said lever and against said shoulder or fian ge, and a plunger adapted to descend upon the coin while thus supported, substantially as set forth.

8. The combination, with thejournal 9, having a spur-wheel thereon, of a toothed lever for turning said spur-Wheel, a latch for preventing said spur-Wheel from turning, provided with the shoulder 25 and plate 30, a coinchute having a shield overlapping said plate and said coin-chute being adapted to lodge a coin between said shield and plate against said iiange, and a plunger adapted to descend upon the coin and disengage said latch and oscillate said lever, substantially as set forth.

9. The combination, with the delivery-cylinder, of a latch for preventing said cylinder from turning, having the [lange 25, the coinchute at the end of which said latch is arranged adapted to lodge a coin against said flange 25, a lever adapted to turn said cylinder, having its end arranged adjacent to said liange 25, so as to assist in supporting the coin, and a plunger having a beveled end adapted to descend upon the coin While thus supported, substantially as set forth.

l0. The combination, with the cylinder, of a lever for turning said cylinder, a spring-latch for preventing said cylinder from turning, a coin-chute adapted to lodge a coin against said latch and upon the end of said lever, a

spring-actuated plunger having abeveled end adapted to descend upon the` coin while thus supported, and a level` for operating said plunger, substantially as set forth.

ll. The combination, with the shaft or journal 9 of a device to be actuated, of a spurpinion on said journal, a pivoted segmentlever engaging said pinion, a spring-actuated latch for engaging said lever, having alange or shoulder, a coin-chute adapted to lodge a coin upon said lever and against said shoulder, a plunger adapted to descend upon said coin While thus lodged, a lever 36, pivoted to said plunger, and means for returning said lever 36 and segment-lever to their normal positions, substantially as set forth.

12. The combination of amagazine having an open bottom adapted to contain rolls therein in a single row, a journaled deliverycylinder arranged under said magazine and having a pocket as large as the open bottom of said magazine, a pinion for rotating said cylinder, a segment-lever engaging said pinion, a latch for locking said segment-lever, and means for actuating said segment-lever and latch through the medium of a coin,sub stantially as set forth.

13. The combination, with the casing l, provided With the offset 10, having a slot 37 therein, of a delivery-cylinder mounted at the lower end ot' said casing, means for locking said cylinder arranged in said oset l0, and a lever pivoted in said offset l0 and projecting through slot 37 and adapted to unlock and actuate said cylinder through the medium of a coin, substantially as set forth.

ALFRED B. CHANDLER. GUY H. POVELL. Witnesses:

W. R. OMoHUNDRo, W. D. CRoss. 

